Moody National Bank Trust Division Buys New Position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF $IEFA

Moody National Bank Trust Division bought a new stake in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:IEFA) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 68,658 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,652,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEFA. CX Institutional increased its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.1% during the third quarter. CX Institutional now owns 906,032 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,776,000 after acquiring an additional 44,362 shares during the period. CENTRAL TRUST Co boosted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 12.9% in the 1st quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 97,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,812,000 after purchasing an additional 11,097 shares during the period. Acima Private Wealth LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 5.3% in the 3rd quarter. Acima Private Wealth LLC now owns 104,553 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,129,000 after purchasing an additional 5,219 shares during the last quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC grew its position in iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF by 112.6% in the 1st quarter. Patriot Financial Group Insurance Agency LLC now owns 18,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,700,000 after purchasing an additional 9,946 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Arax Advisory Partners bought a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $5,786,000.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IEFA traded up $0.13 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $97.25. 8,376,980 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 12,134,769. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $99.36 and its 200 day moving average is $96.82. iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1-year low of $85.03 and a 1-year high of $101.44. The stock has a market cap of $166.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.18 and a beta of 0.84.

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed-market stocks in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, and excludes North America IEFA was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.